This makes total sense for Mercedes, they would love to have their name all over a new stadium and that almost becomes self financing, the bigger question is how the fans would feel if the stadium was to be renamed from ‘Old Trafford’ to the ‘Mercedes Arena’ ?
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I'd be ok with if every fan was given a Mercedes
OT's old traditional design I suspect won't be in line with what Mercedes' brand would like to project. Look at the stadiums they have paid for the naming rights; they are all shiny, high-tech stadiums.
Why are you so determined to ignore the possibility that a club can run it's footballing operations separately from its commercial operations? Having separate internal divisions is absolutely normal for big corporations. The footballing side of the business just needs to agree an annual budget then they can make all their decisions without any involvement from whoever is looking after the commercial side of the business.
The Glazer's will cede control. They need Radcliffe to invest in order to raise the value of the club. It's an admission of incompetence and is pretty humiliating for them. He is essentially showing them how to run a business.
I'd be ok if I alone was given a Mercedes.
Actually no, I'd need one for you too, for coming up with this proposal
Well, isn't this just Brexit and its supporters in a nutshell.
Vote to end freedom of movement, get a French passport.
I don't believe this and the source seems unreliable as well. Ineos will be heavily occupied with United and Nice for the next few years, especially us.
By the way, this account isn't really a good aggregator as all they did was tweet heavy Qatari PR whilst abusing Ratcliffe and Ineos all the way until the former pulled out of the race. Would be better if they weren't posted in this thread.
Personally I would ban Tweets from all aggregators, many misrepresent the original source anyway
Direct links to original sources only
Direct links to original sources only
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sir-jim-ratcliffe-manutd-takeover-30402161
Bidding through his giant petrochemical company INEOS, who already boast multiple sporting enterprises - such as owning French club Nice and being the principal sponsor of F1 team Mercedes - Ratcliffe hopes to make key changes at Old Trafford should he win the race. However, he won't rename Old Trafford for the sake of extra revenue.
"I hadn't thought of that, but no," the Manchester-born billionaire, recently named as the UK's second richest person, is quoted as saying. "That would be heresy. I would not change it. It's always Old Trafford."
Is he? I know Mitchell has been referred to as a Utd fan on this forum before. A quick search online doesn't find much, just one MEN journalist last year saying he's a Utd fan while a random instagram fan page says a couple of weeks ago that he's a City fan.
Like you say though, it doesn't really matter.
Personally I’d be fine with it as long as it was officially something like “Mercedes Benz Old Trafford Stadium” and colloquially it’s referred to as Old Trafford still.
Yes I remember hearing it on one of the Athletic interviews or Ben Jacobs. Sadly can't remember where!
I settle for the Merc badge on the shirts or even better, the training gear
. That needs a mock up.Wow. This is very interesting, if what he is saying is true.
Many assumed that INEOS would be splitting their 25% stake between The Glazer stock and that of minority shareholders. One would have assumed that the minority shareholders would have been in the loop.
Brands dont want that though.
They want their name only, so the stadium is referred to as The Emirates, The AMEX, The Etihad etc. This only really works with new stadiums.
They don't even need to go that far. Just replace the Os in Old Trafford with Mercedes logos.
Pretty sure the Madrid stadium has a corporate sponsor, and it’s still just referred to by its normal name.
Who is the sponsor?
IIRC, Real reneged on the deal and were sued. @Iker Quesadillas may know the details.
I don’t know why, but I thought it was sponsored by Microsoft. Looks like I may have been talking rubbish. Apologies.
I will say it after every loss: NOTHING changes until these are run out of town. Which isn’t happening anytime soon.
The club is fecked, like Pool were under Hicks & Gillette, until we get rid.
The club is fecked, like Pool were under Hicks & Gillette, until we get rid.
We could need this sale about now. We got no rock bottom. We are rock bottom.
The only possible positives for this season are coming from this thread at this point. The matchday threads and player performance threads are filled with despair, sadness and anger.
Imagine turning down almost 6 billion for this club 
these lot are fecking bonkers
these lot are fecking bonkersYou just know the 'sale' will be 'close' right about midway through the international break.
This whole club is a Ponzi scheme
This whole club is a Ponzi scheme
Of course it will, and then there will be reports about whoever broke it jumped the gun and it won’t be done until 1st January 2024.
And then when 1st January 2024 comes, they’re still ironing out fine details and hoping to get in before January transfer window closes.
And then when 1st February 2024 comes, it will be done…
…with it coming into effect from 1st July 2024, and no INEOS hire can work until then
And then the white coats come and take you away as you’ve gone insane from following it all.
I am going insane. Match after match I’m closing in to insanity.
At what point do we decide to check out from all of this nonsense on the grounds of looking after one's mental health.
Very close. It's like watching Ferrari in F1. You just know it's bound to end badly, no matter how well it's going.
And I'm not a fan of those clowns.
1st of July 2013 would be a good point.
Probably now I'd say.
To be honest I think I'm gonna, this club is a farce and I can't see it changing any time soon.
Peace out brother
The bastards will be the death of me. Wish Malcolm’s Dad had fecking withdrawn when he was porking Mrs Glazer, the dirty goblin cnut. Six (6) times she shagged that ugly feck!
To be honest I feel like taking a break from other threads. Only thing that matters is the sale of the club.
Would be nice to take a break from watching us play as well. Not going to happen though.
This needs to happen to try and have some sort of plan for January. We can't go the whole season with the defence we have.
5 would be sufficient. There's one set of twins
That’s some decent knowledge. At least he could count each kid on one hand.The games are on in the background as white noise for me.
It’s not just the bad defeats and bad performances that annoys me. It’s the knowledge that we all know the club is run like a fecking clown show, has been for years and literally no other club in the world is run like us, which filters down to non-existent football structures where in the past decade, it’s basically Woodward and whoever the feck the manager is at that time, down to players who know how to game the system by getting ridiculous contracts that they’d only get if they’re a star performer but get them for seemingly hanging in there. The club is horribly fecked in terms of general operations and they have never learned until INEOS supposedly come in and show them how it’s done.
Ratcliffe is supposedly pumping £250m into the club within his first month of being here, which is £250m more than the Tampa posse ever did in their almost 20 years here.
It’s not just the bad defeats and bad performances that annoys me. It’s the knowledge that we all know the club is run like a fecking clown show, has been for years and literally no other club in the world is run like us, which filters down to non-existent football structures where in the past decade, it’s basically Woodward and whoever the feck the manager is at that time, down to players who know how to game the system by getting ridiculous contracts that they’d only get if they’re a star performer but get them for seemingly hanging in there. The club is horribly fecked in terms of general operations and they have never learned until INEOS supposedly come in and show them how it’s done.
Ratcliffe is supposedly pumping £250m into the club within his first month of being here, which is £250m more than the Tampa posse ever did in their almost 20 years here.
Agreed, I think quite a few are now starting to check out until ideally the club has a proper ownership model that puts football first.
That we know about
I think people are either incredibly optimistic and hopeful or entirely delusional if they think adding Ratcliffe and Brailsford to a board consisting of the Glazers is going to change anything at this club. The club is rotten and broken. Adding additional layers of incompetence isn't going to solve this mess. Isn't going to show ambition to everyone that works at and within the club. Isn't going to change the direction in any way.
The only way this improves is a new clean slate at board level with people who are ambitious and show that intent on a daily basis with a focus on returning this treasured club back to a football club and a world renowned institution. Set the standards every day towards improvement at no expense. The club is glum, gloomy and depressed and tired. Minority investment does nothing to change that - full sale with new owners changes that and this fanbase has spent way too long bickering over who their favourite bidder is they've lost focus on the one real objective in getting rid of the Glazers. Too many people accepting this situation in hope and optimism when they know full well nothing will change. If there was more pushback against Ratcliffe and his 50.1% offer and now his 25% offer instead of cheering that he won then he may just as well have told the Glazers full sale or nothing 'cos this bunch hates you and I'm not partnering with a toxic asset. Who are we fans of ultimately? INEOS or Man Utd?
I can't believe all rival fans are chanting Old Trafford is falling down and Glazers staying 10 more years. We did this. We didn't manage the one opportunity we had to rid us of those parasites. Rant over. Sorry, but I'm exasperated at the state of this club I've had the pleasure and privilege to follow and support for nearly 40 years. Criminal what's happened to this club.
The only way this improves is a new clean slate at board level with people who are ambitious and show that intent on a daily basis with a focus on returning this treasured club back to a football club and a world renowned institution. Set the standards every day towards improvement at no expense. The club is glum, gloomy and depressed and tired. Minority investment does nothing to change that - full sale with new owners changes that and this fanbase has spent way too long bickering over who their favourite bidder is they've lost focus on the one real objective in getting rid of the Glazers. Too many people accepting this situation in hope and optimism when they know full well nothing will change. If there was more pushback against Ratcliffe and his 50.1% offer and now his 25% offer instead of cheering that he won then he may just as well have told the Glazers full sale or nothing 'cos this bunch hates you and I'm not partnering with a toxic asset. Who are we fans of ultimately? INEOS or Man Utd?
I can't believe all rival fans are chanting Old Trafford is falling down and Glazers staying 10 more years. We did this. We didn't manage the one opportunity we had to rid us of those parasites. Rant over. Sorry, but I'm exasperated at the state of this club I've had the pleasure and privilege to follow and support for nearly 40 years. Criminal what's happened to this club.
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